Accession No
0273.1
Brief Description
table of Goubert’s Universal Thermometer, by Goubert and Coulubrier, French, 1785
Origin
France; Dijon
Maker
Goubert [author] Coulubrier [engraver]
Class
thermometry; prints
Earliest Date
1785
Latest Date
1785
Inscription Date
Material
paper; card; glass; wood; plastic
Dimensions
height 577mm; breadth 490mm
Special Collection
Robert Whipple collection
Provenance
Inscription
‘THERMOMETRE UNIVERSEL
OU
NOUVEAU TABLEAU DES GRADUATIONS
Imaginées par Chaque Auteur pour mesurer la marche des differens Thermomètres qui ont étés construits jusqu’a présent
Dreßé et mis au Jour Par Goubert, Constructeur de Barométre et autres Instrumens de Phisique’ (top of print)
‘Coulubrier Scrip.’ (bottom right)
Description Notes
Engraved table comprising a calibration chart of 28 thermometer scales with other associated tables and data. Mounted and framed.
Condition good; complete
References
Events
Description
Goubert's table attempted to reform the confusing diversity of thermometer scales then in use across Europe. Goubert suggested his own new scale (the two seen in the centre, one for mercury instruments and one for spirit of wine), shown in relation to twenty-eight extant thermometric scales.
17/10/2025
Created by: Hannah Price on 17/10/2025
FM:41002
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